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Ms Polly Billington vs Julia Lopez

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet
vs
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Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Julia Lopez voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 328 different votes 348 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
55 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
37 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
37 Aye 55 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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